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Tibetan Buddhism The traditional account of Buddhism’s origin was introduced into Tibet in the seventh century by a Nepali and a Chinese princess who became the wives of the Tibetan king Srongtsen Gampo. However, the new religion was actually established by one of the successors of that king when he called from India the monk Padmasambhava, who founded a Buddhist monastery near Lhasa. Tibetan Buddhism is sometimes called Lamaism, from the name of the Tibetan monks, the lamas (superior ones). Tibetan Buddhism derives from the mix of Buddhism and yoga which started to arrive in Tibet from India briefly around the late eighth century and then became more popular from the thirteenth century and continued from that point. Indian Buddhism around that time had involved both Hindu yogic and tantric practices along with the classical teachings of the historical Buddha who lived around five hundred B.C. This Buddhism acknowledged that there were two paths to enlightenment (exceeding the identification of the personal ego). The first path was one that was taught in the sutras according to the historical teachings. Morality, concentration, and wisdom were the heart of the sutra practice. The second path, which has become t